New Albany Community Center

Interested in seeing the development of a new community center in Albany? You are invited to an open house on Sunday, May 18th, 11am-12:30pm, at Christ’s Church in Albany, to learn how a number of organizations are coordinating resources to provide accessible community programs. Paul “Batman” Collins-Hakett describes how, with full support from the pastor and congregation, the entire church will be converted to an event space and project area, with some offices on the first floor being used by the organizations. Among those participating are the RED Bookshelf (www.theredbookshelf.org) which provides free books to youth at locations around the city; Young Futures (youngfuturesco.com) which fosters financial literacy through the arts, and Upstate’s Cold Brew (upstatescoldbrew.com) which will create a coffee house in the space. You can participate too! Batman invites you to contribute your time, talents, and/or financial support to make the community center a reality. For details, see www.facebook.com/share/1FWeHYpYTe/. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.